The country’s capacity to conduct coronavirus testing has received a major boost after the Korea government donated 17,000 test kits to the Health Ministry. They further donated 50,000 masks will go a long way in supporting healthcare workers in the frontline of fighting the pandemic. The ministry has in the recent past been hit by a backlog of samples collected due to lack of test kits and reagents. The systems are slowly coming back to life but access to the much needed supplies is still very difficult,” the PS said. “As a Ministry we are looking forward to a continued partnership in the fight against this virus and with this united front I believe we will emerge victorious.”

Source: The Star June 20, 2020 15:33 UTC